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Question
What do you mean by the Latitude of place?
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Solution
Latitude is the distance of a place north or south of the equator along a meridian. This distance is measured in degree. When we say that the Latitude of Delhi is 28-j North, we mean that Delhi lies North of the equator and its distance from the equator is 28 1/2.
RELATED QUESTIONS
What is the latitude of Equator? Also give its characteristics.
What is the latitude of South Pole? Also, give its characteristics.
What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn? Also, give its characteristics.
Complete the following table.
| Characteristics | Parallels of latitude | Meridians of longitude |
| Shape | ||
| Size | Size of each parallel is different. | |
| Distance | Distance between two meridians is larger on the equator and the same decreases towards the Poles. |
The North Pole is ______.
Choose the odd one.
Tropic of Cancer is Otherwise called as ______.
Name the following:
23½°N
Give Reasons:
All the places on earth do not have the same amount of temperature.
Give Reasons:
The region from the Equator towards the Tropic of Cancer (23‘/2°N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23!4°S) is called Torrid Zone.
